A tutorial about using live paint can be found here. In the PDF preset drop-down list, select the preset that. In the Publish dialog box, in the Publish To: drop-down list, select PDF. Right-click and select Publish Selected Layouts. Press and hold the Ctrl key and near the bottom-left of the drawing area, click the layout tabs that you want to export. More can be done to improve drawing, such as using the live paint tool. You can generate individual PDF files for each layout or generate just one multi-page PDF file. Below is a basic black and white line drawing of a section of my model.
#EXPORT CAD TO PDF IN BLACK AND WHITE HOW TO#
Now that you know how to edit the appearance of the lines, you can edit them however you want. Right: Changed to 3 points thickness and black. Left: Original lines at 2.88 points in thickness and orange. Then open up the stroke, color, and any other panels to adjust their appearance. This selects all of the content in that layer. To edit the lines, click on the open circle to the right of the layer name. Color, thickness and linetype are the main properties that can be changed. Now that all of the lines are in separate layers, the lines in each layer can easily be adjusted all at once. The layers in Illustrator should match that of the AutoCAD file. The artboard will most likely have to be resized to contain the drawing. I want my drawing to be at 1/8″ = 1′, and the AutoCAD file is in inches so 96 (8 x 12) units = 1 inch. Open up the 2010 version file with Illustrator and the DXF/DWG option box will appear. Open the AutoCAD file with Adobe Illustrator My lines are white, but when I plot to a pdf using acad.ctb, the colored objects are colored but the white lines (in autocad) dont show up on the white PDF background. Save the file as a 2010 version, as Illustrator cannot open later versions.Ģ. White lines, black background, plots white but I want black This is novice stuff but I havent used AutoCAD for a while and forget how to achieve this. Software Required: AutoCAD, Adobe IllustratorĬlean up your AutoCAD file so it only has the geometry to be opened in Illustrator. This tutorial will show the workflow I go through in taking a finished AutoCAD drawing and opening it up with Adobe Illustrator for the purpose of further editing it for use in a floor plan, section, or diagram.